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| Foreword | v | |
| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Chapter 1 | Science | 1 |
| Physics | 4 | |
| Weights and Measures | 9 | |
| Materials Science | 11 | |
| Chemistry | 13 | |
| Biology | 16 | |
| Animal Behavior | 21 | |
| Evolution | 23 | |
| Cloning | 27 | |
| Archaeology | 29 | |
| Anthropology | 30 | |
| Research | 31 | |
| Behavior of Scientists | 36 | |
| Divisions in Science | 39 | |
| Chapter 2 | Mathematics | 43 |
| Proofs | 47 | |
| Statistics | 49 | |
| Theory and Modeling | 52 | |
| Math in Science | 56 | |
| Balance Between Theory and Reality | 58 | |
| Relevance of Math | 62 | |
| Math as Art | 66 | |
| Mathematicians | 67 | |
| Chapter 3 | Engineering | 75 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 77 | |
| Engineering Design | 79 | |
| Aeronautical Engineering | 81 | |
| Astronautical Engineering | 84 | |
| Electrical Engineering | 89 | |
| Atomic Power | 92 | |
| Computer Science | 94 | |
| Transportation | 97 | |
| Civil Engineering | 99 | |
| Hydraulic Engineering | 104 | |
| Irrigation | 107 | |
| Flood Control | 109 | |
| Life of the Engineer and Scientist | 112 | |
| Technological Development | 116 | |
| Chapter 4 | Man and the Environment | 121 |
| Habitat Destruction | 122 | |
| Man's Impact on the Environment | 124 | |
| Travels on the Water | 127 | |
| Water Quality | 129 | |
| Power of Water | 131 | |
| Conservation | 132 | |
| Restoration | 135 | |
| Power of Nature | 138 | |
| Sustainable Development | 140 | |
| Chapter 5 | Nature | 143 |
| Plants | 147 | |
| Forests | 150 | |
| Wetlands | 151 | |
| Rivers | 152 | |
| Oceans | 157 | |
| Whales and Dolphins | 159 | |
| Animals | 163 | |
| Biodiversity | 166 | |
| Chapter 6 | Teaching Science | 169 |
| Technical Writing | 170 | |
| Presentations | 174 | |
| Students | 175 | |
| Teachers | 177 | |
| Teaching Technique | 178 | |
| Value of Education | 181 | |
| Universities | 183 | |
| Chapter 7 | The Working Environment | 187 |
| Committees | 187 | |
| Planning and Implementation | 190 | |
| Human Behavior | 193 | |
| Communication | 196 | |
| Call to Action | 200 | |
| Trust | 204 | |
| Pretension | 205 | |
| Money and Greed | 207 | |
| Common Sense | 209 | |
| Odds and Ends | 210 | |
| References | 213 | |
| Biographies | 217 | |
| Index | 233 | |
| About the Editors | 241 |
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Jefferson Cox
reviewed Speaking of Science on July 10, 2014
Speaking of Science
Highly interesting book - in a way, the title is slightly misleading, only about half of the book details the live of the now mostly forgotten George Price (was he ever known in the first place?), the other half describes the history of "modern Darwinism" - the fusion of math and biology at the hands of Fisher, Wright, Haldane, Hamilton etc. For starters, who knew Haldane was such a crazy war hero?
2 things annoyed me about this book:
a) The book is chronologically roughly ordered along the life of Price, but sometimes jumps wildly in time (mostly to introduce the life history of a new person in Price's life, or of a new important scientist, sometimes it feels the author "forgot" to mention a fact earlier).
b) The author seems to be a big fan of group selection, a now mostly dead concept that was already in its last breaths in 2010 when this book was published. Especially the second to last chapter feels more like an essay "pro group selection" than a chapter in a biography. Mentioning the introduction of myxomatosis to Australia with subsequent loss of lethality as a sign of group selection is weird - the more virulent individuals just died faster, leaving the less virulent individuals alive, you don't need to invoke group selection for that (remember Occam's razor?).
Anyway, highly recommended.
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